This black and white photograph shows members from the Grand Army of the Republic, Kennedy Post No. 292, in Troy, Kansas. One of the members has been identified. Cyrus Leland, Jr. is in the middle of the front row, wearing a derby hat and smoking a cigar. The Grand Army of the Republic was organized at the close of the Civil War by veterans of the Union Army as a fraternal organization that provided support to veterans.

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This black and white photograph shows members from the Grand Army of the Republic, Kennedy Post No. 292, in Troy, Kansas. One of the members has been identified. Cyrus Leland, Jr. is in the middle of the front row, wearing a derby hat and smoking a cigar. The Grand Army of the Republic was organized at the close of the Civil War by veterans of the Union Army as a fraternal organization that provided support to veterans.